Railway-tie and rail-joint means therefor.



PATENTED MAR". 17, 1908.

P. HU'EBSOHWEREEN & J. r. ROMIG.

RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL JOINT MEANS THEREFOR.

' APPLIOATION FILED mm: 25. 1907.-

wn-mm UN STATES i AENT ()FFICE.

PETER HUEBSCHWERLEN AND JOHN F. ROMIG, OF ESTEVAN, SASKA1 CHE\\AN, CANADA.

RAILWAY-TIE AND RAIL-JOINT MEANS THEREFOR.

Application filed June 25, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that we, PETER Hunnscn- WEB-LEN, a sub ect of the King of Great Britain, and JOHN F. Rome, a citizen of the United States, both residing at Estevan,

Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties and Rail-Joint Means Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide novel means, particularly designed for use in connection with railroad construction, for securing rails to the tiesof the road-bed, bracing the rails at proper intervals, and connecting the meeting-ends of said rails.

The invention involves peculiar attaching means including a special form or construc tion of ties, the whole being such as to give the requisite rigidity to the structure, admit 'of quick application or removal of the various parts for purposes of repair, or the like,

and embodying various other advantageous features intended to promote the practicality and commercial desirability of the invention. For a fullunderstanding of the invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and'accompanying drawing, in which;

' Figure 1 's a view taken about on the line 11 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow, and showing the preferred embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view bringing out more clearly the details cl construction and arrangement of the parts of bar.

the invention. Fig. '3 is a detail view of the slide-plate fastening member for the angle- Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the an le-bar.

orresponding and like parts are referred to in this description and indicated in the drawings by like reference characters.

Specifically describing the invention, the numeral 1 indicates the railway ties and the numeral 2 the rails supported thereon. The ties 1 may be constructed of any suitable material within the contemplation of the mvention and are formed with tapering or wedge-shaped seats 3 in the upper sides thereof, said seats being of dove-tail form 1n.

cross section, thus providing overhanging flanges 4 at opposite longitudinal edges thereof. In each seat- 3 of the tie 1, a rall is received with its base solid upon the bottom of the said seat and at one side thereof is a recess 5 located adjacent thereto and formed in the body of the tie; extending entirely.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Serial No. 380,666.

across the same. The recesses 5 are provided, one for each seat, and are situated longitudinally of the latter and suiliciei'itlyto one side to admit of the rails 2, supported in the seats, having a broad bearing upon the bottoms thereof.

The recess cs '5 are adapted to receive securing plates 6 therein, the upper sides of these plates being flush with the bottoms of the seats 3 when the parts are in operative position. Angle-bars 7 constituting rail clamping plates are utilized to secure the rails 2 in position on the ties 1, said bars being of seats 3, and bearing against adjacent sides of tlie'rails, by the plates G and coacting members. Each rail 2 has one side of its base engaged by an inner flange 4 of each seat, while at the opposite side is arranged the angle-bar 7, the vertical'wingof this member bearing against thewcb of the rail and its horizontal wing being of tapered wedge-like form so that its outer edge en gages beneath the outer flange 4 of the seat 3. In other words each angle-bar 7 has a wedging coopcrationwith the seat 3-rcceiving the same, and is thereby held securely against the. adj accnt side of the rail 2, bracing' the latter and firmly holding the same in place. Wardly from the plate 6 beneath the anglebar 7, and passes through a transverse slot 9 in the latter. A nut 10 may be applied to the upper end of the member 8 and securely A fastening member 8 projects upattaches the angle-bar 7 to the tie and against the rail 2 with which itis cooperating.

W hen the member 7 is used as a brace and for attaching the rail to the tie 1, as shown at the right in Fig. 2, said member is driven into position in the seat 3, sinmltaneously ith the plate 6, the fastening 8 having previously been engaged into the slot 9. The slot 9 is necessar'); to permit of thelateral movement incidental to the wedging ofthe angle-bar 7 against the rail 2, in the above operation. The security of the fastening means for the bars 7 will be obvious from the openings to receive the bolts 12. Expans on and contraction of the rails, caused by varying Weather conditions, is thus fully accommodated for in the. actual embodimentot this invention. From the foregoing it will be understood that at points between the meeting and connected ends of the rails,

1 the'horizontal'wings of the angle-bars 7 have,

a firm interlocking, connection with the tie, said plates 6 forming supporting means adapted to move with the angle bars and carrying the fastening members by which the latter are firmly connected With the tie. Furthermore, the outer flange 4, against Which the outer edge of 'the angle-bar or clamping member'7 engages, forms a rigid bearing for the member 7 as it is moved transversely of the tie to the desired adjustment, and the fastening means including the mem ber 8 is not subiect to any strain Whatever ill the movement of the angle-bar and is not liable to be broken.

Having thus described the'invention, what is claimed as new is;

1. In combination, a railway tie, a rail supported. thereon, means securing the rail to the tie including a transversely'movable angle-bar engaging therail and having 'Wedging cooperation with the tie, a trans- .verse sidablv, movable plate interlock-mg with the tie, and a pin and slot connection between said plate and the angle-bar and located at a right angle to the line of movement of the angle bar.

2. In corrbination, a tie having a transverse dove-tailshaped seat therein forming edge flanges, a rail supported in saidseat and engaged by one of said flanges, a transversely moi/able wedge-shaped angle-bar en'- gaging the rail amlbearing against the tie, a plate interlocking with the tie at the bottom of the recess, and a fastening projecting from said plate and entering a slot in the anglebar.

In testimony whereof W8 aitix our signatures in presence of tvvo witnesses.

PETER HUEBSCHWERLEN JOHN F. ROMIG. Witnesses:

H. Nsoo'r'r, PETER YI'TTER. 

